Geog

Question 1

Sovereign States in the Leeward Islands?

Answer 1

Antigua & Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis.

Question 2

Capital of St Lucia

Answer 2

Castries

Question 3

Capital of Grenada

Answer 3

St George’s

Question 4

Capital of St Vincent and the Grenadines

Answer 4

Kingstown

Question 5

Portuguese speaking countries

Answer 5

It is the sole official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe (7 official), while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea (2 co-official). So official in 9 countries.

Also co-officially spoken in Macau (Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China) along with Chinese.

Question 6

Capital of Myanmar?

Answer 6

Naypyidaw

Nay Pyi Taw, (Burmese: “Abode of Kings”)

Question 7

Capital of Brunei?

Answer 7

Bandar Seri Begawan. About two-thirds of Brunei’s population is found in and around Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital and largest urban centr

Question 8

Capital of Fiji?

Answer 8

Suva

Question 9

Capital of Samoa

Answer 9

Apia

Question 10

Capital of the Federated States of Micronesia?

Answer 10

Palikir. A town of slightly under 5,000 residents

Question 11

Mount Tambora - which country?

Answer 11

Mount Tambora is an active stratovolcano in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Located on Sumbawa in the Lesser Sunda Islands.

Question 12

What is the world’s second-largest island?

Answer 12

New Guinea (Shared by Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)

Question 13

What is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea?

Answer 13

Port Moresby

Question 14

Dead Sea is how many metres below sea level?

Answer 14

430.5 metres (1,412 ft), making its shores the lowest land-based elevation on Earth.

Question 15

Can you technically walk between USA and Russia?

Answer 15

During winter, an ice bridge usually spans the distance between the Diomede Islands; therefore during such times it is theoretically possible (although not legal, since travel between the two islands is forbidden) to walk between the United States and Russia. The Russian island of Big Diomede,
The U.S. island of Little Diomede, in the Bering Strait.

Question 16

How many times zones in Russia?

Answer 16

Russia spans 11 time zones.

At one end of Russia it could be 7 in the morning and at the other it’s 6 in the evening.

Question 17

What is the smallest country in the world?

Answer 17

Vatican City
The smallest political entity recognized as a sovereign state is Vatican City, with fewer than 1,000 residents and an area of only 49 hectares (120 acres)

Question 18

What is the only continent that covers four hemispheres?

Answer 18

Africa

Question 19

Where and how much is Earth’s greatest vertical drop?

Answer 19

Mount Thor, on Baffin Island (Canada) has Earth’s greatest vertical drop of 1,250 m (4,100 ft), with the cliff overhanging at an average angle of 15 degrees from vertical

Question 20

What is wider: Australia or the moon?

Answer 20

Australia is wider than the moon.